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The waters surrounding Avalon are a treacherous place, and the people ofTainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalonknow it all too well. Sea monsters lurk beneath the depths, waiting to feast on boat-bound passengers, and even the weather might come after people, precautions or not.
Such was the case with the Andraste, a ship that was supposed to have crashed in Smuggler’s Bay over a hundred years ago. An old lightkeeper wrote about it in his logbook, but that still doesn’t give a definite answer. Lady Elaine wants to know what happened, and she needs your help to do so.
How To Get Information About The Andrastre
TheLast Voyage is a quest given by Elaine, and you can find her in thevillage behind the Horns Of The South Keep. From the entrance, head through andup the broken path past the large tree, then godown the wooden stairsand the hill to thevillage at the shore.
Goinside Ron’s Tavern, and you’ll find Elaine sitting on abench next to the hallwaythat leads to the rooms. Speak to her, and you’ll find out she’slooking for the wreck of a ship called the Andraste, but lacks info on it.
Head back to theentrance of the keepand take thestone stairs up to the main building of the castle, then gointo the Captain’s Quarters. Inside, you’llfind the museum and Rhydderic, who you canspeak to for some key informationabout where the Andraste was last seen.
How To Find The Andraste’s Wreck
Theeasiest way to find the Andraste’s Wreckis tostart at the Horns Of The North Keep, then head north towards themiddle of the regionand find theArchspire. From theFast Travel point at the Archspire, follow themain road east and past the Ruined Broch, then down to theshore known as Smuggler’s Bay.
You canfind the Smuggler’s Bay Dungeon through a doorway in the cliff wall, which is needed for a later quest, but you can also sneak in early if you pass a Perception Checkwith the guard.
Get rid of the enemies aroundyou so they won’t be an annoyance. Then there aretwo ways to get to the islandacross the water: startcrossing the water directly across from Smuggler’s Bay, or go northup the shore until you near the docksand use thebits of land sticking outuntil youcan’t go any further without swimming.
Hop into the water,swim past the large rocknearby, and overonto the small islandpast it. You’ll find avariety of bodies and chestsscattered around the area, whichcontain some good loot, such as theSummon Keeper spell on the body of a priest.
Go to theright side of the small island, and you’ll find aCloak of Retribution in a sacknext to severalother sacks and a pile of bones,and a hugewreck with a Reinforced Chestinside it. Open it to get100 Coins, theAegis of Retribution shield, and thePersonal Diary of Captain Lex.
If youapproach the wall adjacent to the main part of the wreck, you’ll find a node of Meteorite, which you may mine for some Meteorite Ore, which is used to upgrade some special armor pieces like X.
Read orskim through the Personal Diary of Captain Lex, and you’ll find out that theytook the cargo somewhere else nearby, and this is where you’ll need to head next.
How To Get The Andraste’s Findings For Elaine
Headback to the shoreline of Smuggler’s Bayusing the same path as before, thenhead north along the beachuntil you reach the massiverock formation in the northeastern cornerof the mapwhere the All-Mother’s Temple is.
Goeast along the shoreuntil you hit the water and have to startswimming around the outside of that rock formation. Keep close to the cliffside, and eventually you’ll find asmall section of landyou can jump onto on thenorthern side of the rock formationwhere theCastaway Cave is located.
Inside that cave, you’llfind some regular Drowner enemiesand a lot ofcrates, barrels, and bodies you can lootfor Cooking Ingredients and different Crafting Reagents.
Make sure tostop and check the chests along the way, as the one sitting next to a lone crate contains the incredibly powerful Merlin’s Thorn spell, one of the best early-game Mage spells.
Follow the linearpath through the caveuntil you come to acircular chamber with a large stalagmitein the center, and trigger aboss fight against the Scourge Of The Seas.
How To Beat The Scourge Of The Seas
The Scourge Of The Seas is adecently powerfulenemythat can do someheavy damage if he gets closeto you, and haslong-range attacks on top of melee ones.
He’llprimarily attempt to attack you at close rangeusing aleaping slashand acombo with his sword, but he’ll alsothrow a water projectile like the Drownersdo occasionally, and fire offwaves of magic from his sword.
If you’reusing magic, the Merlin’s Thorn spell found earlier in the cave does massive damage to him, especially when combined with a wand or staff, and doesn’t require high Spirituality to use.
Hismagic attacks are the least damagingof what he does, so try tokeep your distanceat all times andbait out that or the water projectile, especially if you’re using Magic or Bows, and thengo in for damage as he’s recoveringfrom using those attacks.
Keep your health high andavoid his melee combos, and The Scourge Of The Sea willgo down quickly. As a reward for beating him, you canloot his bodyand get theone-handed sword Tidepiercer, whichfires off the same long-range projectileswhen you perform aHeavy Attack while wielding it.
How To Complete The Last Voyage
Now that the Scourge Of The Seas is dead, you cancontinue to another, larger cave chamber,and this one has alake with a small rock formationin the middle and theAndraste’s cargo.
Swim over to the rocks, climb up to the top, andget close enough to the cargo to examine itto update the quest, and now you can head back to the entrance to Castaway Cave and leave.
You’llhave to swimback to themain part of the shoreline, as there’sno suitable spot for a Bonfirenearby, but once you’re there, you canplace oneand use tenEthereal Cobwebstoignite the fire and fast travelback to the village.
Goback to Ron’s Tavernandspeak with Elaineone more time. As a reward for all your work, you’llget 1,000 EXP and a bit of Goldfor completing the quest, and if youspeak with Elaine again later, you’ll unlock hersecond quest, As Good As Gold.
